Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 10. SOLOMON, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: The drums, trumps, cornets at length sink to slumber Last Line: "but if thou'lt not love me, I wither and perish." Subject(s): Musical Instruments; Solomon (10th Century B.c.) | ||||||||
THE drums, trumps, cornets at length sink to slumber; By Solomon's couch, as he lieth sleeping, Full-girded angels the watch are keeping, On either side six thousand in number. The monarch protect they from cares while dreaming, And as he frowns in his slumbers nightly, From out of their sheaths straight draw they lightly Twelve thousand swords, all fiercely gleaming. But presently back in their sheaths are falling The angels' swords. The brow of the sleeper Grows smooth, his slumber is softer and deeper, And soon his lips are gently calling: "O Sulamith, thou whom so dearly I cherish! "O'er countries and kingdoms I rule, great and glorious, "Of Israel and Judah the monarch victorious, "But if thou'lt not love me, I wither and perish." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON AND THE WITCH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON'S PARENTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOLOMON AND BALKIS by ROBERT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING SOLOMON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON by JOHN BYROM SOLOMON'S PRAYER by MARY HAMPDEN CUTTS THE DEAD SOLOMON by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN |
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